Can-closure.



PATENTE!) DB0. '17, 1907'.

S. B. SLEIGHT. GAN CLOSURE. Arrmomron FILED 23.4.1900.

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To all whom 'it 'ma/y concern; where the rim 6 and the flange 7 `oin, the ma- Be it knownl that I 'Sagan B. SLEIGHT a terial of\ tle closure isA inwar y offset, as

- citizen of the United tates, residing at show-n at to forman annular rabbet or cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illie pocket 9, in which the gasket 4- is received 5 nois, have invented new and useful Im roveand securely held, the gasket 4 prc'ecting 60 vments in Can-Closures, ofwhich the ollowbeyond Athe periphe? of the threade rim 6 ingris a speciiication. so as to enter the ra beted seat 3 of the can his invention relates t'o can closures, the or receptacle-aand therel1 'for'm an air-tight object of the invention being to provide what joint between the can an its closure. N

10 may be termed aself-sealing closure for cans,v '.10 designates a handle consisting of a 65 jars and other receptacles used for packing metal strip, the main body or central portion and storing urposes, where it isnecessary to of-.which extends diametrically acrosss the obtain a pe ect y air-tight joint for the, 'resclosure, as best shownin'Figs. 1 and 3, the ervation of the contents of such receptac e. end portions of said strip being bent and ex- A further object of the invention 1s to protended'downward, as shown at 11, along the 70 "vide, in. connection with such rece tacle or inner surface of the rim 6 of the closure and can and' closure therefor, ahandle y means then bent inward to form attaching feet 12 of which the closure may' be manipulated, which are riveted or otherwise secured tothe which handle is arranged within the .plane-of bottom 5 ofthe closure as shown in Figs. `1

the closure so as to avoid any projection and-3'. The body of t e handle is located 75 Vwhich will interferewith standmg a canon within and beneath theplane of the circumone end or the other or placing the same upon 4 ferential ilange 7 of the closure and, thereits side. fore, does not pro'ect atl all beyond the plane` With the above and other objects in view, of the closure; he handle also forms a sup- I the invention consists in the novel construcport for a sealing label 13 which may consist 80 tion', combination and arranggznent of parts, of paper or fabric,the same bein pasted along .hereinafter more lfully descri d, illustrated the ex osed surface of the han le 10 and exand claimed. j tende beyond the same and secured at its 1 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is ends to the outer surface of the end or top of a diametrical section' through a receptacle, the can, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In order 85 showing the closure thereof mplace. -2 to` remove the closure, it is necessary to` is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a break o r mutilate the seal 13. Said seal erspective view of the closure per se. may-have represented thereon reading mat- Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a ter, indicatin the contents of the can, as

receptacle which is shown in the form of a illustratedin i ;2. 90

metal can, the, shape of which is cylindrical. The receptac e hereinabove described is In carrying out the present invention, said particularly designed for packing eggs, fruit can is rovided in its top with a central open.- and other articlesJ the preservation of which ing of ess diameter than the diameter o the depends uponthe exclusi ln of air, and it 1s I 40' can itself, `said openl being bounded by a preferred to make the receptacle cylindrical 95 flan e 2' which exten s inviardlyy from the so that it may easily be rolled partly over for he of the can toward `the opposite end 'or the purpose of inverting auch articles 4as eg s head thereof, as clearly shownm-Fig. 1, the in order to prevent the settlingrof/the yo s said flange being threaded to receive and entoward one side' vof the shell. he can is,l of

l 'age the closure. At the junction of the course, equallyaijpted as a pack g re- 100 ange 2 with the top or end of the can, there ceptacle for liqui is/provided a rabbeted seat 3 for the recepclaim:

tion of a gasket 4 of rubber or like material "yA can closure comprising a can with its top carried by the closure. f portion having a screw threaded downwardly 5'0 The closure is cup-shaped, consisting of a project' flange with a surrounding mar- 105 bottom 5, a threaded rim 6 ,and a'circumferginal rab ted portion, a central openn `ential flange 7` extending outwardly from the ormed b said lange, a hollow cover for sai top ofthe rim 6 so as to rest jlatly against the o ning aving a solid bottom with a screwr outer surface :of the to ofthe can or recept eaded rim, said rim being. provided with a variousartie es.

tacle 1 as shown in ig. f1. vAt the point marginal oisetzabove its screw threads, and 110.

further provided. with a circumferential the top portion of the can, substantially as 10 flange to contact with the can top, ahandle specified. for the cover secured to the bottom portion In testimony whereof, I'afflx my signature thereof and wholly n'close'd Within its hollow infpresence of two witnesses.

' 5 portion, a gasket seated in the offset of the cover and serving to contaet with the rab- SARAH B" SLEIGHT beted seat of the flange of the can top, and Witnesses: means for sealing the can secured to the ADA J. SLEIGHT,

handle and flange of the cover, and also to GERTRUDE KNAUST. 

